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Houston’s Landing Company finds a home at the Docks

Tarra Gaines·February 10, 2017

Like its hometown, the Landing Theatre was born on the banks of Buffalo Bayou and its meandering, ebbing and flowing evolution has turned the company into an eclectic, yet distinctly American theatrical entity.

Houston Theater

Open Space: Dance at Rice’s Moody Center for the Arts

Nancy Wozny·February 8, 2017

“We are putting in a dance floor,” Alison Weaver told me during a hard hat tour of the Moody Center for the Arts, which opens this month on the campus of Rice University.

Dance Editor's Picks Houston

The ACTX Top Ten: February 2017

Nancy Wozny·February 6, 2017

Our top ten picks for arts + cuture events happening across Texas in February 2017.

Top Ten

Substance & Spunk: Women Triumph in Life and Love in Stanton Welch’s Cinderella

Nancy Wozny·February 2, 2017

Stanton Welch prefers strong heroines. So it's no wonder that his Cinderella knows her own mind. Houston Ballet fans will find that out for themselves when the company performs Welch's beloved story ballet Cinderella, March 2-12, 2017.

Dance Houston

DSH’s Mind the Gap Mines the Personal and the Political

Nancy Wozny·February 2, 2017

When I saw that Dance Source Houston cooked up a follow-up project for their AIR residency artists I had to go, mostly because it's just such a smart move.

Dance Houston

SHOW UP: Roberto Munguia

Lauren Smart·January 31, 2017

A few days after Christmas, Roberto Munguia died. Twice.

Show Up Visual Art

Mass Effect: Orchestra of New Spain Revisits Classic Courcelle Composition

Steven Brown·January 31, 2017

Francisco Courcelle may not rank as a big-name composer. But his Misa Ave Maris Stella, a dramatic chorus-and-orchestra work from 1750, has become a go-to piece for Dallas’ Orchestra of New Spain.

Dallas/Ft Worth Music

Doing Well By Doing Good: Dallas Black Dance Theatre at 40

Manuel Mendoza·January 31, 2017

Forty years in the business – that fact has quietly crept up on Dallas Black Dance Theatre founder Ann Williams. “You don’t see what you’ve accomplished because every day you’re trying to make it happen,” says Williams, who has spent half of her life making it happen at the longest-running dance company in North Texas.

Dallas/Ft Worth Dance

Collecting Histories: Dogon at the Menil

Laura August·January 27, 2017

The complex history behind American and European interest in present-day Mali informs a new exhibition at The Menil Collection, Feb. 3-July 9, curated by Paul Davis.

Austin’s Zach Theatre continues the LBJ Saga with The Great Society

JOHN DeMERS·January 27, 2017

When Dave Steakley, producing artistic director of The Zach in Austin, decided to stage the first of two Robert Schenkkan plays about the presidency of Lyndon Baines Johnson, he thought it might have special meaning to Texans. After all, Johnson was a Texan from the day he was born till the day he died, and he made sure the entire world knew it.

Austin Features Theater

Fresh Start: Austin Welcomes Trey McIntyre

Nancy Wozny·January 27, 2017

The word is out: renowned American choreographer Trey McIntyre calls Texas his home once again. McIntyre cut his teeth as a dancer and a choreographer at Houston Ballet.

Austin Dance

Motion Redux: Tad Beck at FotoFest’s International Discoveries VI

Nancy Wozny·January 27, 2017

When Vinod Hopson of FotoFest suggested that I check out the work of Tad Beck, I figured dance was involved. And indeed, Beck's work with renowned downtown dancemakers is compelling on several levels, from the detailed process to the end image, which involves re-photography and some actual dancing.

Dance Visual Art

Visual Art

City in the Sky: Gyula Kosice at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston

Nothing is Ordinary: Hillerbrand+Magsamen at FotoFest

Forging Admiration: Art Worth encourages Fort Worth fans to see artists in their element

Gallery Row

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

Dance

Sharing the Same Rhythms: Cara Mía Theatre’s Latinidades Festival Returns to Dallas

Big Moves Ahead: Bruce Wood Dance Dallas Leans Into Legacy for 2025–26

Vision and Variety: Texas Performing Arts Celebrates International and Local Artists

Music

Sharing the Same Rhythms: Cara Mía Theatre’s Latinidades Festival Returns to Dallas

Performania: A Spotlight on Texas Stages

Forging Admiration: Art Worth encourages Fort Worth fans to see artists in their element

Theater

Texas Studio: Amanda Reyes is Working through It Onstage

Sharing the Same Rhythms: Cara Mía Theatre’s Latinidades Festival Returns to Dallas

Performania: A Spotlight on Texas Stages

Houston’s Landing Company finds a home at the Docks

Open Space: Dance at Rice’s Moody Center for the Arts

The ACTX Top Ten: February 2017

Substance & Spunk: Women Triumph in Life and Love in Stanton Welch’s Cinderella

DSH’s Mind the Gap Mines the Personal and the Political

SHOW UP: Roberto Munguia

Mass Effect: Orchestra of New Spain Revisits Classic Courcelle Composition

Doing Well By Doing Good: Dallas Black Dance Theatre at 40

Collecting Histories: Dogon at the Menil

Austin’s Zach Theatre continues the LBJ Saga with The Great Society

Fresh Start: Austin Welcomes Trey McIntyre

Motion Redux: Tad Beck at FotoFest’s International Discoveries VI